The importance of theatre in the convicts lives is very evident. The theatre for most of the convicts allows them to play and become a person they are not and allows them to feel free from their world and into someone else's.
In Act 2 Scene 5, the power of the theatre and its abilty to change the personality of the convicts is evident. After Ross enters and tries to embrass the convicts by pushing them to the ground, by being nothing worse than dogs.
When Liz Morden and Sideways come out through the chaos with lines from "the recurieting officer". This gives them a way to rebel about what major ross is doing to their fellow actors. This is important as it is more insulting than simply complaining as it gives them the more power and swaps the attention from ross to them. This enrages ross as the power and status has swapped places. This makes theatre power and important as without it in this scene the convicts would be humilated without a way out or a place where they could not be themselves.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Our Country's Good and status
Officers and convicts, officers and officer or convicts and convicts.
The relationships between all of the above groups are a struggle of power. the status card game helped me see that each character has their own true status but depending on how they appear to others gives them their first status.
Between the officers the main relationships is seen between Ross and Ralph. Ross is presented as a no-nonscene character, while Ralph is an easier going character who tries to put himself at a higher status when the major is around. However Ralph's status never exceeds Ross's or gets close, as Ross is older and more senior in the army.
Ross would be considered a queen playing a king
Ralph would be considered a 10 playing a 10 high but not the top.
The relationships between all of the above groups are a struggle of power. the status card game helped me see that each character has their own true status but depending on how they appear to others gives them their first status.
Between the officers the main relationships is seen between Ross and Ralph. Ross is presented as a no-nonscene character, while Ralph is an easier going character who tries to put himself at a higher status when the major is around. However Ralph's status never exceeds Ross's or gets close, as Ross is older and more senior in the army.
Ross would be considered a queen playing a king
Ralph would be considered a 10 playing a 10 high but not the top.
Status Card Game
the status card game allows people to hid there true status in the world and explore a new way to play the game of life. This allows us to either treat everyone else as equals, or to let us rise or fall in the status ranking by how we play the part given to us and how we appeal to others.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Our County's Good Scene 1
Evaluation:
Three different monologues, of Wisehammer, Arscott and Mary.
I think that the four speaking characters on stage should be separated from one another. This is especially the three convicts. The convicts should be separated as they have their own story to tell, and it emphasises that they are different from one other.
Wishammer: was under a yellow light and walked forward, this was good as it added space between him and Arscott. I dont think he should go down at the end but end off to the side. he demonstrates his feelings of anger and is slightly deranged.
Arscott: 1st time under a blue light second time under a yellow light. I think the blue light was more effective because its to do with hunger and how it starts in the mind. Also i liked how Arscott was sitting down as when you eat your sitting down. Sometimes he speaks to fast, when discribing the food i think that he should also go off into a daze, deep into his memory, and look as though he can almost taste it.
Mary: was in a yellow light and looking down, when she pauses and says the word 'love' she looks up and stares out distantly. to make a bigger effect i think that mary should be looking out off stage to her left. Her body position could be wondering, and relaxed. But i think when she says love that she should look forward still in a daze but not directly at anyone.
Three different monologues, of Wisehammer, Arscott and Mary.
I think that the four speaking characters on stage should be separated from one another. This is especially the three convicts. The convicts should be separated as they have their own story to tell, and it emphasises that they are different from one other.
Wishammer: was under a yellow light and walked forward, this was good as it added space between him and Arscott. I dont think he should go down at the end but end off to the side. he demonstrates his feelings of anger and is slightly deranged.
Arscott: 1st time under a blue light second time under a yellow light. I think the blue light was more effective because its to do with hunger and how it starts in the mind. Also i liked how Arscott was sitting down as when you eat your sitting down. Sometimes he speaks to fast, when discribing the food i think that he should also go off into a daze, deep into his memory, and look as though he can almost taste it.
Mary: was in a yellow light and looking down, when she pauses and says the word 'love' she looks up and stares out distantly. to make a bigger effect i think that mary should be looking out off stage to her left. Her body position could be wondering, and relaxed. But i think when she says love that she should look forward still in a daze but not directly at anyone.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Waiting for Godot
SOCIAL, CULTURE AND HISTORICAL CONDITIONS OF THE WRITING
Samuel Beckett's waiting for Godot was first performed in 1953Historical
- Hiroshima Nagasaki 1945
- whole community, shocks wold of the power - WW1 - Hitler - Jews - holocaust [1939 - 1945]
Continuous stand of between
capitalism vs Communist
USA, Britain, NATO USSR, China
Berlin wall "Iron curtain" Arms race, race to space
Depression 1929 - started after Wall street CrashIRISH BRITAIN
1992 WW1
blacks and tans - Ireland
1916 Easter uprising
19th Century potato famines due to poor British rule
Absurdism:
- A philosophy often translate into art forms holding that humans exist in a meaningless irrational universe
- An act or instance of the ridiculous.
Nihilism
questions posed:
- is there a god?
- is life worth living?
- why is this happening?
time:
- rasises questions about is value, meaning, function
- Vivan Merciere - "Nothing happens, twice"
Boots:
- poverty
- Not being in possension for awhile could have greater value now
Dreams:
- is life too bad already?
- is it not worth a distraction?
Tree:
- burning bush in the bible? lack of a god?
- Hope, life?
- Death?
Waiting for Godot - 1st OMG
The first OMG moment is when we first meet Lucky and Pozzo. I felt that at first you feel sorry for Lucky being a servant or rather a slave. but when it is his time to " Think" and he just kept repeating himself, yet at the same time it going on longer than someone would expect, it gave me the sense if he didnt get everything out now he would loose his chance. This was very effective as he was forward centre stage giving emphasis on him and having small movements around heelped to connect you with the other characters. i think it was a OMG moment as it was a surreal moment and near the end you would stop listenning.
Waiting for Godot - 2nd OMG
the second OMG moment for me was the Gogo hiding behind the three. The tree looked like it was dead and burnt and could be a symbol or like the burning tree. Anyway in this production Gogo was a very short man and hiding behind it didnt work as it was mostly dead, and it was thin, but the branches were too high up. This was an OMG moment as it was one of the funniest moments in the play. this relatest to the other OMG moment at the beginning of the play where Gogo is sitting on a rock and looks as though he is a full grown man, but when he stands up next to Didi it is such a shock. I think that they mange in this production to use the height to make it more amusing to the audience, and by that they are allowed to send in the deeper meanings as the audience is much more relaxed.
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